Talk Queen Wendy Williams Talks Howard Stern

6/18/2013 11:49AM

In this excerpt of Celebrity TV talk queen Wendy Williams’ full interview with the Wall Street Journal’s Lee Hawkins, Williams discusses the “say it like you mean it” style that helped shock jocks like her and Howard Stern rise to prominence and shock jocks helped pave the way for celebrity news influence media culture heavily.

This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.

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